Neville Goddard on Philippians 4:10-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Philippians 4 in context

Scripture Focus

10But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.

11Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

12I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

14Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.

Philippians 4:10-14

Biblical Context

Paul rejoices in their renewed care and teaches that true contentment comes from inner discipline, not external circumstances. He has learned to be content in both abundance and need.

Neville's Inner Vision

Ask yourself to feel the verse as a waking dream within your own consciousness. Paul's words are not about approval from others but about your own state. The care of the Philippians is the movement of sympathy you permit in your mind; when you acknowledge it as a present inner atmosphere, you invite it into your outer life. Contentment, in this light, is a steadfast state of awareness—a knowing that your I AM remains unchanged regardless of change in form. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me becomes I can do all things through the I AM within me, and that power is now fortifying every action and image I entertain. Whether you feel full or hungry, abase or abound, you are instructed to rest in your essential vitality. The external fluctuations are simply the weather of your inner picture; revise the picture to reflect sufficiency, and the weather shifts to calm. The invitation is to awaken to a constancy that undergirds all transitions; the Christ within you strengthens you because it is the you that never moves, never loses its contentment, and never ceases to care for itself.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit in a moment of quiet and assume I am cared for; I am content in all states. Repeat I can do all things through the Christ within me and feel the assurance as a present act of consciousness.